| id |
acadia15_137 |
| authors |
Ireland, Tim |
| year |
2015 |
| title |
A Cell-Inspired Model of Configuration |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2015.137
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| source |
ACADIA 2105: Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene [Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-53726-8] Cincinnati 19-25 October, 2015), pp. 137-148 |
| summary |
This paper presents a bottom-up approach to organising architectural-space, which offers a fresh outlook on the automatic generation of architectural layouts. Artificial creatures, modelled on Eukaryotic cells, are used as components with which to generate configurations articulating patterns of habitation. These components represent discrete activities. Activity is perceived to be the basic building block of spatial configuration in architecture. Attributes, pertaining to input and outputs, establish activities as occurring in chains of action; affected by that which has preceded and affecting that which is to transpire. Being artificial creatures these activity-components have the capacity to interact with their environment and each other, and self-organise to form aggregations. The model demonstrates an ecological approach to designing in a manner that unites computational design with biological and semiotic theory. The theoretical basis of the model is first outlined, and then the computer model is presented and described. |
| keywords |
Agents, Artificial Life, Configuration, Spatial Organisation, Behaviour of Organisms, Activity Diagrams |
| series |
ACADIA |
| type |
normal paper |
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| full text |
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